IP Geolocation in the IPv6 World
We get a lot of questions here at MaxMind about IPv6, and it’s not hard to imagine why. Accuracy is top of mind for every user of IP geolocation and this topic introduces questions about how effective …
IP network data
Types of Anonymous IPs and How They Affect Your Business
Anonymous IP addresses (sometimes incorrectly generalized as “proxies”) serve to hide a web user’s true IP address and obfuscate their geolocation. There are legitimate reasons, usually related to …
How to recognize legitimate proxy use and reduce false positives during order review
As a merchant, you’ll frequently see cases where multiple orders with different billing addresses and payment methods are placed from the same IP address, and it’s not clear whether or not this …
Building Your Own MMDB Database for Fun and Profit
Deprecation Notice
We have deprecated the Perl writer discussed in this article. It is no longer
developed or supported. We encourage you to use our
Go github.com/maxmind/mmdbwriter module
instead. …
Access MaxMind's data services via IPv6
We’re happy to announce that MaxMind’s roll out of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) access for our GeoIP2, Legacy GeoIP, Proxy Detection, and minFraud web service endpoints is complete. This update …
Introducing the GeoIP2 Beta
We are happy to announce the public beta of GeoIP2. GeoIP2 is the successor line of products and services to the GeoIP brand of IP intelligence data (Note: not all GeoIP ‘Legacy’ products …